Tag: the war on drugs
In 1994, the Kenmore Hotel on 23rd street was seized by the federal police and FBI agents. Twenty years later, Michael Powell of the New York Times profiles one of the informants that enabled what was the biggest seizure of its kind in U.S. history. Informer Earl Robert Merritt says his work at the Kenmore and other locations largely […]
The city of Chicago is suing five of the biggest pharmaceutical companies for “ten counts of fraud, conspiracy, unjust enrichment, insurance fraud, misrepresentation in advertising, and other violations of Chicago municipal code,” Vice reports. The case against Big Pharma is pretty damning. The lawsuit alleges that these massive corporations have been in conspiracy to sway the public towards […]
